The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-08-13
IN THE LABOR WORLD,
Specially Compiled for the TOilers by an Ad-
vOcate Man.

Specially Compiled for the TOilers by an Ad-
vocate Man
"A committee of the Trade and Labor
Council of Reading has been appointed to
visit the various workshops there with a
view to bringing suit against those proplie-
tors having in their employ boys and girls
under II years of age.
The Lehigh car works at Stemton re-
Gently received contract for 400 large
gondola coal cars for the Central Railroad
of New Jersey.
Forty miners left Shenandoah Monday
for Alberta, British Columbia, where they
will be employed in the anthracite coal
mines recently opened in that region.
AT the convention of Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad employees, last week it
was reported that Mr. Sweigard was un-
willing to change the method now in use
to detect color blindness. 1t was resolved
to exhaust all honorable means TO effect a
settlement, and a committee was appointed
to arrange for conference with the Gen
al Manager of the road.
The subdivision No. ?, of District No.
1872, of Knights of Labor, representing the
miners in the bituminous coal regions of
Clearfield, BroadTop, Gallitzin and George S
Creek, Maryland, has issued circular let
ter to the operators throughout these dis
tricts demanding that the late act of AS
sembly relating to the semi monthly pay
ment of wages hall be Immediately OBJ
served The operators have heretofore
been paying their men at the end of eacl
month, regardless of the new law. Prom
inent PHILADELPHIA operators have declined
to make the concession asked for ant
through their action several of the leading
operators at Huntingdon and in CleaTlielC
county have likewise refused.
"A Newark despatch of the sth inst
says: The leatheT-workers' troubles cul
minated to-day, when the manufacturers
issued orders that on and after Saturday
| August l3, none but non-union men woulC
be employed in their shops This is th'
commencement of a fight between th
knights of Labor and the manufacturers
as the men in HowelPs and Relly's shop
have already been ordered out by tn
Knights.
Last year PennsylvaniaIproduced seven
ty-three million tons of coal of which thir
ty-seven millions were anthracite, the tota
value thereof being ninety-three million
of dollars. 1t was worth more than all th
| gold and silver produced in the Unite'
States. About two thirds of all the Goa
mined in this country is produced in Penn
sylyana. Illinois and Ohio are the mex
most important coal producing states
New Jersey Knights are making grea
preparations to celebrate Labor Day ol
Sept. 3.
The brotherhood of American Carpen
ters was organized in 1881 with lively
local unions, and now has about 300 union
with Al 900 members.
Nearly all foundries and machine shop
in Newark, N. j., now close at II o'clocl
on Saturdays.
The German Painters Union, accord
ing to last quarters repot, has Sll, 1853 i
the bank and membership roll of 65S.
The two hundred employees at Oliyer
Roberts wire mill, who struck six week
ago for pay for tonnage work instead of b
the day. resumed work Tuesday at tn
company's terms The firm had decided {
import men from New York, bnt the acio
of the strikers renders this unnecessary.
AT the recent meeting of the Miscelan,
GUS Section of the Central Labor Union ii
plumbers and painters delegates asked thi
the entire section offer thanks to NJ
p O'Neill, the dry goods merchant, for di
, charging some non-union workmen wi
I were engaged in reconstruclmg his buildir
q and ordering the bosses TO take on none bl
q Union men.
I Typographical Union No. of New Yor
at their meeting Yesterday resolved to TN
out in a body in the Central Labor UniC
= parade on Labor Day, Sept .. A motto
: to reduce the monthly dues from 80 cen
to 40 cents was referred to the chapels f
| action.